Bulletin Board

Bunny Forest / Bosque de conejitos

Cover the bulletin board with brown butcher paper. Cut out pine trees on green construction paper using an Ellison die cut and paste it onto the butcher paper. Also using an Ellison die cut, cut out rabbit templates on pink, white and tan construction paper. Write the name of a popular rabbit book or cartoon character on each one (such as Peter Cottontail) and paste on the butcher paper.

Refreshments

Miniature Carrot Cupcakes

Fingerplays

Baby Bunny

(Traditional)

Baby bunny dressed in blue (Hold up two fingers like bunny ears)
Met another; then there were two. (Hold up two fingers on both hands)
Bouncy bunnies to the left. (Move fingers to left)
Bouncy bunnies to the right. (Move fingers to right)
Bouncy bunnies get in bed. (Put head on hands like sleeping)
Off to bed, you sleepy heads. (Pretend to sleep)

Flannel Boards

Bunny in the Washer

(by Priscilla Celina Suarez. In advance, print the Bunny in the Washer patternsprovided at the end of this chapter and glue them onto flannel sheets.)

My beautiful stuffed bunny is dirty and yucky (Place dirty bunny pattern onto board)
she likes to play in the garden and pull out all the weeds. (Place garden pattern onto board)
My mommy said it is so dirty (Place mommy pattern onto board)
that my beautiful stuffed bunny needs to be washed. (Take off all patterns from board)

In goes the bunny into the washer (Place washer pattern onto board)
And round and round she goes. (Rotate washer pattern in a circular motion)

Conejito en la lavadora

(by Johana Resendez and Priscilla Celina Suarez. In advance, print the Bunny in the Washer patternsprovided at the end of this chapter and glue them onto flannel sheets.)

Crafts

Oops, I Washed My Bunny! / ¡Oops, lavé mi conejito!

Materials

Copy of “Bunny in the Washer” template provided at end of this program

Crayons

Glue Sticks

Paper lunch bag

Scissors

Scrap paper

Directions

Make copies of the “Bunny in the Washer” template provided at the end of this program. Have children color the template with crayons. They, or a parent, will cut out the items on the template and paste them onto the middle of the lunch bag. Open up the lunch bag and stuff it with crumbled scrap paper. Fold over the ends and glue to the back so children can shake the bag as they “wash” their bunny.

Games and Activities

Cold Water, Hot Water

Materials

Clean laundry

Laundry Baskets (2)

Directions

Place the baskets side by side on a table and label one as hot and the other as cold. Explain to children how to separate dark clothes to wash in cold water and light clothes to wash in hot water. After explaining, begin separating pieces of clean laundry into the appropriate basket by asking the children were they think it should go.

Laundry Basket Bunny Dig

Materials

Bunny cutouts (you can use an Ellison die cut for this)

Clean Laundry

Laundry Basket

Directions

Place the clean laundry and the bunny cutouts into the basket. Mix them up and have children try to find as many bunnies as they can in one minute.

Guest Speakers

Invite a representative from Better Living for Texas to speak about nutrition, a farmer from the Local Farmer’s Market to talk about growing veggies, or someone from a pet store to talk about caring for animals.